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THE DAY BOOK
500 JSO. PEORIA ST. j398 ' TEL. MONROE 353
Vol. 1, No. 79 Chicago, Thursday, Dec.28, 1911 . 'One Cent
FAIL TO, CONNECT STRIKING SHOPMEN WITH
' ILLINOIS CENTRAL WRECKS
Railroad Officials Say, nv Two "Cases Spreading Rails
, , Were Probably the Cause Kline Challenges . C,
to Allow Police Investigation f
Investigation of the'' fqur
wrecks on the Illinois Central,
and the alleged attempted wreck
ing of a fifth tr.ain, "Tuesday
nfght, decla'red.by Lieut. Mooney
'of the Kensington police to be the
work of a Wrecking crew of four
teen union men, operating in a
conspiracy, a, la McNa'mara, has
failed to result in any .arrests, but
has prompted .the statement By I.
C. officials. that the derailing of
the Blue Island express lat Grand
grossing and the ditching of a
freight at .the same "place was
probably caused by spreading
rails. ' , ' '
''The' only evidence to support
the "wrecking .crew'.' theory, so
far disclosed 'is the testimony of
two 15-year-old boys that they
saw two, men on the right-of-way
shortly "before the fifth train was
fliie. No trace of these men has
1ieeh found. ' The police have not
been" able to connect them with
"the-" shopmen" now" op strike at
Burnside.
At the Illinois Central offices.
, it was said officials were not pre
pared to charge'the strikers with
responsibility for the wrecks, as
investigation .had uncovered no
evidence 'against them.
This morning's Examiner con
tained a long story of a confer
ence between Lieut. Mooney and
President J. JY. Kline of the
Blacksmiths' union, "and it was in
ferred as aresult of that meeting'
tha't Lieut Mooney had definite
information that 14 union men
were in a 'conspiracy to wreck" I.
C. trains. ' The lieutenant .said
arrests would be made.either last
night Qrthis' morriing. ' ' -
Mr. .Kline 'was. ask'ed.. by
Mooney ,i his union employed
wrecking crews, and if it was not
possible that such an organiza
tion might not be formed.withouf
his knowledge. The answer was.
an emphatic negative 'to. the first
question, and "Yes"-to the sec
ond. Kline tpld the lieutenant he
did 'not -know qf the 'importation
of ,a ,gang of strikers fron the
south to "start " trouble" 'on the
road. He also denied .knowledge
of an alleged meeting oM4 strik-